Nov. 1

Art After
Hours & Opening Reception: Project Series 44: The Bureau of Experimental Speech and Holy
Theses—5 p.m.-11 p.m., Pomona College Museum of Art (330 N. College Ave,
Claremont). Artist, performer and composer Adam Overton will mark the launch
of “The Bureau of Experimental Speech and Holy Theses” (BESHT) with a brief,
playful lecture in the spirit of John Cage. The lecture will locate BESHT’s
mission within and beyond the work of Cage. The schedule for the evening is as
follows:

Nov. 1

Performance: Susan
Suntree—7 p.m., Pomona College Allen Theatre (Seaver Theatre Complex, 300 E. Bonita Ave.,
Claremont). Writer, performer and teacher Susan Suntree
(East Los Angeles College) investigates the dynamics of science, art and
spiritual philosophies as they engage contemporary life. Her current one-woman
performance and forthcoming book, Sacred
Sites: The Secret History of Southern California, explores the
prehistory and sacred geography of Los Angeles, where she lives. She founded
FrogWorks, an eco-political street theater troupe, and is co-director of Earth
Water Air Los Angeles, a giant puppet trek connecting and telling the story of
endangered open spaces. Contact: Betty Bernhard: bbernhard@pomona.edu.

Nov.
2

Oldenborg Colloquium: Igor
Moiseev's Song and Dance Ensemble—noon, Pomona College Oldenborg Center (350 N.
College Way, Claremont). Pomona College Professor of Theatre and Dance Anthony
Shay will give a talk about Igor Moiseyev, a master of
mass choreographies, who invented a new genre of dance - spectacularized folk
dance based on the character dance of classical ballet. His company, known in
the West as the Moiseyev Dance Company, revolutionized the way in which folk
dance was used for political representation through spectacle and launched a
world-wide movement of state-supported folk dance companies. Shay will discuss
the history of the movement and the choreographic strategies that Igor Moiseyev
used to achieve his goals. Contact: larissa.rudova@pomona.edu.

Nov. 2

Conference: “History, Her Stories: Germany from a Californian Perspective”—1:15 p.m.-5:15
p.m., Pomona College Hahn Building, Room 101 (420 N. Harvard Ave., Claremont). The
conference “History, Her Stories: Germany from a Californian Perspective” will
present four distinguished artists, storytellers and documentarians whose
acclaimed film, radio and nonfiction literary work constitutes a
cross-pollination between German and Californian experiences. This conference will explore four mutually illuminating
historical spotlights that range from childhood memories of the late 1930s (by
authors Angela Thompson and Karin Finell) to reevaluations of German Democratic
Republic history (by filmmakers Gabriele and Mark Hayes) to reflections on
contemporary global and local concerns (by journalist Kerstin Zilm). Professor
Ehrhard Bahr (UCLA) will moderate the first session (1:15 to 2:45); Professor
Nele Hempel-Lamer (CSULB) will moderate the second session (3:45 to 5:15). The
event is sponsored by Pomona College, the German Academic Exchange Service, and
the Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany, Los Angeles. Contact: friederike.schwerin@pomona.edu or (909) 389-8200.

Nov.
3

Concert: “five conversations about two things”—8 p.m., Pomona College Bridges Hall of Music (150 E. Fourth
St., Claremont). Aron Kallay, piano; Sakura Tsai, violin; and Yuri Inoo, percussion, will perform two new commissions, one by Tom Flaherty
(Pomona College) and the other by Caroline Miller; The Question Mark's Black
Ink by Bill Alves; Musica per Due by Joseph Koykkar; and Domus
Aurea by Edmund Campion. Contact: (909) 607-2671 or concerts@pomona.edu
or visit: www.music.pomona.edu.

Nov. 6

The Bureau of Experimental Speech and Holy Theses – Election Day Eternal Telethon—12 p.m.-5 p.m., Pomona College
Museum of Art (330 N. College Ave., Claremont). The Eternal Telethon is an online, artist-run telethon whose goal
is to raise funds to build a convalescent home for retired artists located at
the Salton Sea by presenting a variety show featuring dozens of artists’ low-fi
performances, including music, skits, lectures, rants and more. http://eternaltelethon.com. Contact: (909) 607-7543 or justine.bae@pomona.edu, or visit: www.pomona.edu/museum.

Nov. 8

Art After
Hours & Third Coast Percussion—5-11 p.m., Pomona College Museum of Art
(330 N. College Ave., Claremont). Art
After Hours begins at 5 p.m., and at 9 p.m Third Coast Percussion (TCP) will
perform compositions by John Cage. TCP, in-residence at the Pomona
College Music Department, uses a wide array of percussion instruments to make
music that is memorable, playful and profound. Pieces performed will include
Branches (1976), which uses cacti as instruments, and But what about
the noise of crumpling paper? Contact
(909) 607-7543 or justine.bae@pomona.edu, or visit: www.pomona.edu/museum.

Nov. 10

Concert: Keys and Sticks—8 p.m., Pomona College Bridges Hall of Music (150
E. Fourth St., Claremont). Third Coast Percussion, with Pomona College music
faculty members Theresa Dimond, percussion, and Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano, will
perform percussion
and piano works by Bresnick and Cage. Contact:
(909) 607-2671 or concerts@pomona.edu or visit: www.music.pomona.edu.

Nov. 11

Concert: Third Coast Percussion—3 p.m., Pomona College Bridges Hall of Music (150
E. Fourth St., Claremont). Third Coast
Percussion members
David Skidmore, Peter Martin, Robert Dillon and Owen Clayton Condon, who have
introduced percussion music to chamber series across the country, will perform
with an array of percussion instruments. Contact:
(909) 607-2671 or concerts@pomona.edu or visit: www.music.pomona.edu.

Nov. 14

Literary Series: Matthew
Zapruder—4:15
p.m., Pomona College Crookshank Hall (Room 108. 140 W. Sixth St., Claremont).
Poet Matthew Zapruder will give a reading of his work, which includes Come On All You Ghosts (2010), which was
selected as one of 2010's top five poetry books by Publisher's Weekly. Contact: nancy.jugan@pomona.edu.

Nov. 14

Lecture
by Martina Vandenberg '90—4:15 p.m., Pomona College Rose Hills Theatre
(170 E. Sixth St., Claremont). Lecture to be given by Martina Vandenberg (American
University Washington College of Law) on "Stories from the Front Lines: Combatting Human Trafficking in the United States." Contact: amy.crown@pomona.edu.

Nov. 15

Art After
Hours & The Bureau of Experimental Speech
and Holy Theses: Anna Mayer's “WORD
THE WORD: Negative Sessions”—5 p.m.-11 p.m., Pomona College
Museum of Art (330 N. College Ave, Claremont). Artist Anna Mayer will present “WORD THE WORD:
Negative Sessions,” an ongoing series of projects intended to initiate
and affirm the connections between exploration and language, consciousness and
articulation. Negative Sessions is
the fourth project in the WORD THE WORD series. The evening’s schedule is as
follows:

Nov. 15-18

Theatre: Ibsen’s A Doll’s House—Thurs.-Sat.,
8 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., 2 p.m., Pomona College Seaver Theatre (300 E. Bonita
Ave., Claremont). Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s
House set theatre in a new, modern direction, with its themes of change,
independence and the struggle to become a full human being. In the play, the character
Nora must mature by leaving comfortable illusions and lies of childhood
dollhouses. Pomona College Professor of Theatre Leonard Pronko is the director.
Tickets are $10 general admission and $5 students, faculty, staff and seniors. To
purchase tickets, call (909)
607-4375 or email seaverboxoffice@pomona.edu.

Nov. 16

“China’s Early Modern Environment History”—3 p.m., Pomona
College Pearsons Hall Room 101 (551 N. College Ave., Claremont). Historian
Robert Marks (Whittier College) will present a lecture on China’s early modern
environment history. Contact: syamashita@pomona.edu.

Nov. 30

Symposium:
Women in Wartime East Asia, 1937-1950—1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Pomona College Hahn
Building Room 101 (420 N. Harvard Ave., Claremont). Three lectures will be delivered on the topic
of “Women in Wartime East Asia, 1937-1950.”

Danke Li
(Fairfield University) will speak on “Re-thinking Resistance: Ordinary Chinese
Women’s Experiences in Chongqing, China during the Second Sino-Japanese War,
1938-1945,” featuring the stories of women who came from different social,
economic and educational backgrounds and experienced the war in a variety of
ways.

Sharalyn Orbaugh
(University of British Columbia) will deliver a talk on “Japanese Women as
Creators and Targets of Propaganda: Kamishibai in the Fifteen Year War.”
Kamishibai (literally “paper theatre”) was originally a form of street theatre
for children, which was adapted during the war to carry government-sponsored
messages to a wide variety of demographics, including soldiers, farmers,
shopkeepers and neighborhood association members, and recruiting talented
female script-writers and artists to create plays that would specifically
target a feminine audience.

Lori Watt
(Washington University) will discuss “From Pioneers to Repatriates: Women and
the End of the Japanese Empire,” exploring how women experienced the dramatic
transition from an empire at war to a nation under occupation in mid-20th
century East Asia.

Exhibitions

Until Dec. 16

John Cage:
Zen Ox-Herding Pictures —Pomona
College Museum of Art. John Cage: Zen Ox-Herding Pictures brings
together 55 rarely seen watercolors created by Cage in 1988 at the Mountain
Lake Workshop in Blacksburg, Virginia, revealing the powerful influence of Zen
in his life and work.

Until Dec. 16

Marking/Remarking:
Aerial Photographs by Marilyn Bridges

Marking/Remarking:
Aerial Photographs by Marilyn Bridges showcases the work of aerial
photographer Marilyn Bridges. The photographs included in this exhibition
examine marks left on the earth by ancient and modern civilizations as well as
geologic processes, giving each mark equal weight through an impartial aerial
view.

Nov. 1-Dec. 16

“Project Series 44: The Bureau Of Experimental
Speech And Holy Theses” Adam Overton’s
newest consortium, The Bureau of Experimental Speech and Holy Theses
(BESHT), is an experiment in public address, exploring the commingling of
speech, authority and performance. Visitors will witness the artists, writers,
performers and designers of BESHT engaging in various forms of
rhetorical play, ranging from dictation to meditation to proclamation.